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and for him to take that move of reconciliation and lead that country into an election, i was an election observer, i remember barbara lea, i don't think she was in congress yet. i have a picture of her and danny glover and all of us at the hotel. and it was an amazing time to see people lined up, the first time they could vote and for miles and miles, for three days, and they didn't vote on individuals, they voted on parties. mandela always talked about him and others. and he talked about the party. but to go from terrorist to being the kind of celebrated statesmen, people shouldn't sweep past that. he suffered. of his colleagues suffered. decades in jail, ostracized. never thought they'd see daylight again as free people, but they took that and transformed their country. and i was glad to be there to witness it. i was with them when they went to the u.n. and asked for the removal of sanctions, to be around this man who had such gravitas, but humaniility at th same time was an awesome experience. >> you were there, as the reverend was just mentioning to see that first democratic election
and for him to take that move of reconciliation and lead that country into an election, i was an election observer, i remember barbara lea, i don't think she was in congress yet. i have a picture of her and danny glover and all of us at the hotel. and it was an amazing time to see people lined up, the first time they could vote and for miles and miles, for three days, and they didn't vote on individuals, they voted on parties. mandela always talked about him and others. and he talked about the...
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for him to take that move of reconciliation and lead that country into an election, i was an election observer. i remember barbara lee. i have a picture of her and danny glover and all of us at the carlton hotel. it was an amazing time to see people lined up the first time they could vote. for miles and miles, for three days. and they didn't vote on individuals, they voted on parties. but to go from terrorist to being the kind of celebrated statesman. people shouldn't sweep past that. he suffered. many of his colleagues suffered. decades in jail, ostracized. never thought they would see daylight again as free people. but they took that and transformed their country. i was with him when he went to the u.n. and asked for the removal of sanctions. to be around this man who had such gravitas and humility at the same time was an awesome experience. >> congresswoman, you were there to see that first democrat election in south africa. >> i was there, and let me say, chris, my heart is very heavy tonight. the people of south africa, the people of the word, we've lost a great warrior, a great
for him to take that move of reconciliation and lead that country into an election, i was an election observer. i remember barbara lee. i have a picture of her and danny glover and all of us at the carlton hotel. it was an amazing time to see people lined up the first time they could vote. for miles and miles, for three days. and they didn't vote on individuals, they voted on parties. but to go from terrorist to being the kind of celebrated statesman. people shouldn't sweep past that. he...
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a lot of cases, whoever wins the primary is going to win the election. and so this is just kind of a warning to all republicans that you can't compromise at all. that you can't -- i mean, one of the chris mcdaniel's points against thad cochran is he voted to end the shutdown. so don't vote to end the shutdown. >> i was going to say that's very true, but some of that's going to get worked out in the primary as well. i think chris' question is going to be the one that even some primary voters will ask themselves. so what would be your plan? and so, that's why i say in states like south carolina, it's not a given that it naturally falls a certain way just because it's south and conservative. >> let's look at this web ad against mitch mcconnell. here's the further conservative primary opponent hitting the senate minority leader hard for what he does, compromise and govern. look at this one. >> some critics say the election would be a shoe in for him if he were a leader. >> conservatives in your conference not happy about this deal. >> it's much better for de
a lot of cases, whoever wins the primary is going to win the election. and so this is just kind of a warning to all republicans that you can't compromise at all. that you can't -- i mean, one of the chris mcdaniel's points against thad cochran is he voted to end the shutdown. so don't vote to end the shutdown. >> i was going to say that's very true, but some of that's going to get worked out in the primary as well. i think chris' question is going to be the one that even some primary...
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it took another election. the election of 1992, in which sarah brady, a life-long republican, the daughter of that fbi agent, she supported the democrat, bill clinton. she supported him because he supported the brady bill. and in the fall of clinton's first year in office, with clinton's party in control of the house and of the senate, it actually happened. >> in the east room of the white house today, it was not just an ordinary presidential ceremony, the end of a long road for jim and sarah brady, parents of the brady bill. >> that was a road more than 12 years long. but at last gun control supporters could smile. the brady bill was now law. >> and now we're here to tell the nra that their nightmare is true, we're back. we're not going away after brady. we have a lot to do. >> chuck schumer, a much younger congressman chuck schumer back then and wasn't entirely wrong when he said that. congress did pass and clinton did sign an assault weapons ban months later. when they lost in a landslide in the 1994 midter
it took another election. the election of 1992, in which sarah brady, a life-long republican, the daughter of that fbi agent, she supported the democrat, bill clinton. she supported him because he supported the brady bill. and in the fall of clinton's first year in office, with clinton's party in control of the house and of the senate, it actually happened. >> in the east room of the white house today, it was not just an ordinary presidential ceremony, the end of a long road for jim and...
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the other was the first democratic election in south africa five years later. i was there when the country's black majority voted by the millions, waiting in lines that stretched from one horizon to the other. i saw first hand the devotion to democracy. it was the great legacy of the man who died today. president obama paid tribute to nelson mandela today.
the other was the first democratic election in south africa five years later. i was there when the country's black majority voted by the millions, waiting in lines that stretched from one horizon to the other. i saw first hand the devotion to democracy. it was the great legacy of the man who died today. president obama paid tribute to nelson mandela today.
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so we actually immediately assigned my chief election lawyer and mitt romney's chief election lawyer to sit down with a group of experts and come up with a whole series of voter reforms. they are supposed to report back to me by the end of this year so that early next we're going to to put forward what we know will be a bipartisan effort or a bipartisan proposal to encourage people to vote. you can't say you take pride in american democracy, american constitutionalism, american exceptionalism, and then you're doing everything you can to make it harder for people to vote. so i think there's some commonsense things that we can do and i won't preview the proposals because i haven't gotten them yet. keep in mind, though, for all of the efforts that have been made, and some of them, by the way, may be illegal, may violate the voting rights act even after the supreme court's recent ruling and our justice department is going to be staying on them. if we have evidence that you have mechanisms that are specifically designed to discriminate against certain groups of voters, then the justice de
so we actually immediately assigned my chief election lawyer and mitt romney's chief election lawyer to sit down with a group of experts and come up with a whole series of voter reforms. they are supposed to report back to me by the end of this year so that early next we're going to to put forward what we know will be a bipartisan effort or a bipartisan proposal to encourage people to vote. you can't say you take pride in american democracy, american constitutionalism, american exceptionalism,...
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and if you, day after day, week after week, election after election are running on that platform, and that permeates our culture, and it's picked up by, you know, ordinary citizens who grow skeptical, then it's not surprising that over time trust in government declines. but, as i said in a speech yesterday, the biggest issue that i see out in the horizon is how do we make sure an economy works for everybody and that every one of these young people can get a good job, pursue a career, support a family, not be loaded up by $100,000 worth of debt, actually buy a home, how do we do those things that reduce inequality in our society and broaden opportunity. and government can't solve all of that, and we live in an economy that is global and tong technological and is changing faster than ever, but government can't stand on the sidelines in doing that. and without some faith in our capacity for checktive action, those trends are going to get worse. >> and government in tech have to understand government is us. it's not somebody else. it's us. we have the capacity to change it. voters have th
and if you, day after day, week after week, election after election are running on that platform, and that permeates our culture, and it's picked up by, you know, ordinary citizens who grow skeptical, then it's not surprising that over time trust in government declines. but, as i said in a speech yesterday, the biggest issue that i see out in the horizon is how do we make sure an economy works for everybody and that every one of these young people can get a good job, pursue a career, support a...
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you see this sort of play out in election after election. we don't want to seem like we are which those people when, in fact, that is who elects presidents. >> that is the democratic base and increaseingly, every poll shows they are representing more and more of this populist unmet node early. >> that is right. when democrats start losing primaries, everyone can criticize the president. that stinks. they always have. we can hold him accountable. >> it's fascinating five years into obama's presidency, we are arguing what he believes. >> coming up. >> moaning he is a good politician. >> coming up next, america's favorite hit, political and/or country events quiz show up against the clocks. it is happening this hour in minutes. stick around. . ask me what it's like to get your best night's sleep every night. [announcer] why not talk to someone who's sleeping on the most highly recommended bed in america? ask me about my tempur-pedic. ask me how fast i fall asleep. ask me about staying asleep. [announcer] tempur-pedic owners are more satisfied t
you see this sort of play out in election after election. we don't want to seem like we are which those people when, in fact, that is who elects presidents. >> that is the democratic base and increaseingly, every poll shows they are representing more and more of this populist unmet node early. >> that is right. when democrats start losing primaries, everyone can criticize the president. that stinks. they always have. we can hold him accountable. >> it's fascinating five years...
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the other was the first democratic election in south africa five years later. i was there when the country's black majority voted by the millions waiting in lines that stretched from one
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maybe the next election. oh, wait a minute, they circumvent elections in michigan. this doesn't have a real good endi ending, does it? tonight's question. did conservatives get exactly what they wanted with detroit's bankruptcy? text a. for yes, b. for no to 67622. go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. i understand cuts. and i understand business. this isn't a business. this is a city. these are people. these are families that grew up in communities. and they have been undercut by radical conservative policies, and they have been denied their fair share of state funds. and now who is going to pay the price? well, it's not going to be the companies. it's going to be the workers. there is a real element of unfairness here. for more, let me bring in dr. wendell anthony, president of the detroit branch of the naacp, and lee gatees, detroit homeowner, working to save homes in his neighborhood. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. >> hi, ed. >> yes, sir. dr. anthony, you first. is this a serious erosion of democracy? i mean, why did they have any elections in detroit?
maybe the next election. oh, wait a minute, they circumvent elections in michigan. this doesn't have a real good endi ending, does it? tonight's question. did conservatives get exactly what they wanted with detroit's bankruptcy? text a. for yes, b. for no to 67622. go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. i understand cuts. and i understand business. this isn't a business. this is a city. these are people. these are families that grew up in communities. and they have been undercut by radical...
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brian began by asking president elect mandela about his predecessor, f.w. de klerk. >> he is one of those that i hold in high regard. we have had differences. we have quarrelled. we have set cruel things against each other. but at the end of the day, we're able to shake hands and to think of the interest of south africa and he has had an experience which i have not had. and if my organization comes out with a majority in this elections, i will have to depend very much on his support, his experience. >> what happens when nelson mandela has to use force against elements of south africa's clblk community? are you willing and able to take on the pressures that will take place? >> i don't expect that the government has well as succeeding governments would rely as a solution on force. we depend on the people. we depend on persuasion and i can't think of any period where we will have to use force. >> let's talk about this word expectation. it has become almost an expression, something that you hear throughout your country. and that is that the blacks expect a new
brian began by asking president elect mandela about his predecessor, f.w. de klerk. >> he is one of those that i hold in high regard. we have had differences. we have quarrelled. we have set cruel things against each other. but at the end of the day, we're able to shake hands and to think of the interest of south africa and he has had an experience which i have not had. and if my organization comes out with a majority in this elections, i will have to depend very much on his support, his...
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>> bad, because particularly if you think about the 2014 election, that election is going to be nationalized. and the problem when you have a nationalized election is you have to have a unified message. they don't have that. the conservative message is very garbled by the tea party. and so many of them are spending so much of their time, money and resources to run away from each other rather than trying to say, okay, can we all agree on something and get something done. the one thing they agree on is how much they hate barack obama. you can't win on just hate and no. >> this is a political theory i've heard before, which is that particularly primary battles are damaging, right? that they, essentially, they make you spend money you wouldn't otherwise spend, they damage the eventual nominee. sometimes they end up putting a person like christine o'donnell who has no chance of winning, and you boot away a seat, but you don't seem to agree with that? >> look, if you look back to 2010, if you want to look just at sheer politics, 2010 i think sort of outweighs any damage that the tea party did for
>> bad, because particularly if you think about the 2014 election, that election is going to be nationalized. and the problem when you have a nationalized election is you have to have a unified message. they don't have that. the conservative message is very garbled by the tea party. and so many of them are spending so much of their time, money and resources to run away from each other rather than trying to say, okay, can we all agree on something and get something done. the one thing they...
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next year's congressional elections. let's find out. robert gibbs is a political analyst and former press secretary under president obama. and david corn is an msnbc political analyst and washington bureau chief at mother jones. robert, you know better about him than most people. you've worked with him in tight situations. i hope you got to see our program last night. we had a huge audience of 1.3 million. >> i did. >> i mean, it's a very big audience of people who tuned in just to hear the president. even on a night when so many hearts and minds were focused on the lives of nelson mandela. they took some time out to watch our program with the president. he said at that time when i asked him how do you do big deals and he said history says you only get a big program through, something really important, when one party controls the government. the house, the senate, and the presidency. does that mean to you he's still holding out hopes he can pull a big upset in the sixth year of his presidency next november? >> well, i was certainly stru
next year's congressional elections. let's find out. robert gibbs is a political analyst and former press secretary under president obama. and david corn is an msnbc political analyst and washington bureau chief at mother jones. robert, you know better about him than most people. you've worked with him in tight situations. i hope you got to see our program last night. we had a huge audience of 1.3 million. >> i did. >> i mean, it's a very big audience of people who tuned in just to...
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that is what they rely on in elections. so to then acknowledge that there's an equal pay problem, to then acknowledge the specifics of health care issues when it comes to women, means to potentially not fire up that base. so ultimately, the republicans -- republican politicians have to take a side. they have to choose. which side am i on? am i on the side of the base of the party or am i going to try to expand the base of the party? right now they haven't made a choice. >> you know, jonathan, kind of to that point. if we take a look at african-americans, aside from the voter suppression laws, voter id laws which i actually think helped the turnout in the last election because people were so angry, so we had rand paul in detroit yesterday making, you know, an overture to african-americans, opening up the rnc's african-american outreach office. but interestingly enough, i think to david's point, i don't think that's necessarily -- that may be about african-americans in saying, hey, democratic policies failed you. come to us.
that is what they rely on in elections. so to then acknowledge that there's an equal pay problem, to then acknowledge the specifics of health care issues when it comes to women, means to potentially not fire up that base. so ultimately, the republicans -- republican politicians have to take a side. they have to choose. which side am i on? am i on the side of the base of the party or am i going to try to expand the base of the party? right now they haven't made a choice. >> you know,...
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would actually be observers when the first election happened in south africa that election day and see an elected nelson mandela president. just being around him when he first came to this country and how he was before being president. any time you were around him, you had a sense you were in the presence of greatness. in the sense of searching around anybody else. nelson mandela had a gravity yet humility that was unmatched. the world has lot of someone who has literally changed world history. this is not just the first president or a first black president. this is one who led the evolution and revolution of a nation and became the first president and became a universal symbol of tolerance, of hope, perseverance and of victory. he didn't do it with violence. he merginged from advocating violence to not doing it. he did it victoriously and did it with triumph. i think the world lot of one of history's greatest citizens, not just one of our great political leaders. >> you talk about the parallels with the american civil rights movement. it's the same year that dr. martin luther king was
would actually be observers when the first election happened in south africa that election day and see an elected nelson mandela president. just being around him when he first came to this country and how he was before being president. any time you were around him, you had a sense you were in the presence of greatness. in the sense of searching around anybody else. nelson mandela had a gravity yet humility that was unmatched. the world has lot of someone who has literally changed world history....
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and only five years after president obama's election had ended it the first time. i mean, a tweet at 9:58 a.m., at the gop -- excuse me, from @gop, the republican national committee read, today we remember rosa parks' bold stand and her role in ending racism. ending racism? i mean, that seemed like something we should have heard about. 58 years after rosa parks refused to give up her seat on that montgomery, alabama, bus, now the rnc had a much better-worded statement on their site. and they did send a follow-up tweet hours later that indicated what had happened. they meant to say, "her role in fighting to end racism." but it was too late, because femmenista jones, the writer, had created the hashtag, racism ended when, giving credit to bill clinton and even some of their best friends. but this is just more laughing to keep from crying. all of this was the latest example of how a country, our country, is still unable to properly discuss race, in a society increasingly forgettable about structural racism and the way it pervades our nation. we noticed the flashpoints
and only five years after president obama's election had ended it the first time. i mean, a tweet at 9:58 a.m., at the gop -- excuse me, from @gop, the republican national committee read, today we remember rosa parks' bold stand and her role in ending racism. ending racism? i mean, that seemed like something we should have heard about. 58 years after rosa parks refused to give up her seat on that montgomery, alabama, bus, now the rnc had a much better-worded statement on their site. and they...
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and if you day after day, week after week, election after election are running on that platform, and that permeates our culture and it's picked up by ordinary citizens who grow skeptical, then it's not surprising that over time trust in government declines. but as i said in a speech yesterday, the biggest issue that i see out on the horizon is how do we make sure an economy works for everybody and that every one of these young people can get a good job, pursue a career, support a family, not be loaded up by a hundred thousand dollars worth of debt. actually buy a home. how do we do those things that reduce inequality in our society and broaden opportunity? and government can't solve all of that, and we live in an economy that is global and technological and is changing faster than ever before in history, but government can't stand on the sidelines when we're doing that. and without some faith in our capacity for collective action, those trends are going to get worse. so we've got to -- and the young people in particular have to understand government is us. government's not somebody e
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it's not a re-election that he's fighting for. it's about cementing his legacy and covering his accomplishments. aca is major. and just like sydney hoyer pointed out on the house floor the other day, there was the prescription drug deal that had just as many issues. so he's fighting for his legacy and he's got to continue to do that. >> angela rye and ryan grim, thanks for your time and have a great weekend. >>> ahead, a big update to a story we brought you lance month. a police officer caught on tape shooting at a van carrying children. >>> and the right wing response to nelson mandela. hypocrisy defined. we're breaking out the old tapes next. [ ship horn blows ] no, no, no! stop! humans. one day we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... not so much. but that's okay. you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insurance. total your car, and we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. learn about it at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility
it's not a re-election that he's fighting for. it's about cementing his legacy and covering his accomplishments. aca is major. and just like sydney hoyer pointed out on the house floor the other day, there was the prescription drug deal that had just as many issues. so he's fighting for his legacy and he's got to continue to do that. >> angela rye and ryan grim, thanks for your time and have a great weekend. >>> ahead, a big update to a story we brought you lance month. a police...
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and if you, day after day, week after week, election after election, are running on that platform, and that permeates our culture, and it's picked up by, you know, ordinary citizens who grow skeptical, then it's not surprising that over time trust in government declines. but as i said in a speech yesterday, the biggest issue that i see out in the horizon is how do we make sure an economy works for everybody. and that every one of these young people can get a good job, pursue a career, support a family, not be loaded up by $100,000 worth of debt. actually, you know, buy a home. how do we do those things that reduce inequality in our society and broaden opportunity. and government can't solve all of that. and we live in an economy that is global and technological, and is changing faster than ever before in history. but government can't stand on the sidelines when we're doing that. and without some faith in our capacity for collective action, those trends are going to get worse. so we've got to -- and the young people in particular, have to understand, government is us. government is not
and if you, day after day, week after week, election after election, are running on that platform, and that permeates our culture, and it's picked up by, you know, ordinary citizens who grow skeptical, then it's not surprising that over time trust in government declines. but as i said in a speech yesterday, the biggest issue that i see out in the horizon is how do we make sure an economy works for everybody. and that every one of these young people can get a good job, pursue a career, support a...
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the difference f.w. de klerk handled the need for change and inevitable election, democratic election of nelson mandela, truly legitimate for nelson mandela, he was never legitimately elected. for him to recognize his role in history as a patriot at that point so different than the way mitch mcconnell handled the election of obama. so different. to set it up that way, the juxtaposition, they were willing, mcconnell people on the far right were willing to destroy the country to destroy obama. whereas to succeed in a country he live f.w. de klerk was wi to see it transformed to black rule so it could be done successfully so he could have his country have a better future. reverend, i owe it to you. i think that is the key statement about what happened yesterday, the loss of mandela and what his history is about and the key statement of why this has been so poisonous the last five years. we have real people in this country with real power and status who have used that status of power to hurt the country so they could hurt the president. that's the most damming assessment i've heard and i
the difference f.w. de klerk handled the need for change and inevitable election, democratic election of nelson mandela, truly legitimate for nelson mandela, he was never legitimately elected. for him to recognize his role in history as a patriot at that point so different than the way mitch mcconnell handled the election of obama. so different. to set it up that way, the juxtaposition, they were willing, mcconnell people on the far right were willing to destroy the country to destroy obama....
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when fw clerk was elected president in 1989, it was to relent. it's hard to remember, but after world war ii, after hitler. he then un-banned the organization. in february, 1990, he visited nelson mandella still in prison 27 years later. on february 11th, 1990, nelson mandella emerged. >> nol son mandella speaks after 27 years. e stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people. >> after 27 years in prison, when nelson mandella was released, he led the negotiations for the naacp and apartheid was dismantled. in the first-election ever held in that country where all adult citizens were welcomed to vote. millions of people were waiting in line to vote. president nelson mandella went to sharkville to sign the constitution. today, at the age of 95, nelson mandella died at home. he says it was his wish to be buried in the town where he was born. john lewis, democrat of georgia, thank you for being with us here tonight on this historic day. >> thank you very much for having me. and thank you for that rich history. >> i
when fw clerk was elected president in 1989, it was to relent. it's hard to remember, but after world war ii, after hitler. he then un-banned the organization. in february, 1990, he visited nelson mandella still in prison 27 years later. on february 11th, 1990, nelson mandella emerged. >> nol son mandella speaks after 27 years. e stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people. >> after 27 years in prison, when nelson mandella was released, he led...
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the following year in the first mixed race election in south africa's history nelson mandela was elected president. >> today is a day like no other before it. >> reporter: we were the first to interview him on that first morning as president elect. mandela tempered south africa's joy when he said healing his country would take time. >> it cannot be done overnight. it is going to take a year, two years, even as much as five years. so help me god. >> reporter: from enemy of the state to head of state, nelson mandela's walk to freedom became a journey shared by his entire nation. >> i have never been so excited and hopeful in my life in south africa as i am now. >> reporter: years later, nelson mandela paid a return visit to his former prison cell, this time accompanied by president bill clinton, who later presented him with the congressional gold medal. mandela stepped down as president in 1999, but he lived long enough to see the united states elect its own black president. >> so help me god. >> reporter: and in 2011 he was paid a visit in south africa by first lady michelle obama who bro
the following year in the first mixed race election in south africa's history nelson mandela was elected president. >> today is a day like no other before it. >> reporter: we were the first to interview him on that first morning as president elect. mandela tempered south africa's joy when he said healing his country would take time. >> it cannot be done overnight. it is going to take a year, two years, even as much as five years. so help me god. >> reporter: from enemy...
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election or writing the laws that that person would introduce as a legislator once they were there, i know which one i would pick. thank you very much for your time, sir, fascinating. we'll be right back. >>> today, the hill newspaper in washington reported that house republicans believe they have found their next big issue that they're going to hit president obama with. they did sort of need something new, right, for the holiday? s and turns out president obama didn't close the vatican embassy, they thought they had a live one there, but that ended up not being true. and they thought they had a huge story when they thought president obama didn't cover babies with the health insurance. but that wasn't true. that one guy that thought his baby was not covered on his health insurance is because that one activist guy forget to list that baby. he forget one of his kids, simple mistake, apparently. the irs scandal turned out not really being a scandal. trying to turn the benghazi scandal into a tragedy other than a tragedy. and they keep trying to pull stunts to repeal obama care, now tha
election or writing the laws that that person would introduce as a legislator once they were there, i know which one i would pick. thank you very much for your time, sir, fascinating. we'll be right back. >>> today, the hill newspaper in washington reported that house republicans believe they have found their next big issue that they're going to hit president obama with. they did sort of need something new, right, for the holiday? s and turns out president obama didn't close the...
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he just recently won election to congress, had been out for a while, came back to congress. he's certainly been able to grab a whole lot of headlines. he's a tea party favorite, someone who is often been accused of talking birthers situations and someone who has the ability to grab headlines but he will start out as big underdog john cornyn. big financial advantage, also a primary coming up. not a lot of time for steve stockman to make up ground. >> cornyn joins a growing list of gop senators up for re-election next year getting primary so to speak. who else is on that list? >> well, on that list it's actually the number one senate republican as mentioned, mitch mcconnell, cochran of mississippi and lamar alexander in tennessee. and you look at this environment, there are 12 senate republicans who are running for re-election. craig, seven of the 12 face primary challenges coming from the tea party. that's pretty extraordinary. think about the situation if harry reid and dick durbin were running for re-election and getting challenges from the populist occupy wall street left,
he just recently won election to congress, had been out for a while, came back to congress. he's certainly been able to grab a whole lot of headlines. he's a tea party favorite, someone who is often been accused of talking birthers situations and someone who has the ability to grab headlines but he will start out as big underdog john cornyn. big financial advantage, also a primary coming up. not a lot of time for steve stockman to make up ground. >> cornyn joins a growing list of gop...
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or election, i should say. i can't recall a time that it's ever worked. i think going back in history, there was only one senator who actually served if not two, maybe even three states, but that's so rare. so he's defying the odds if he attempts to do this and frankly i don't think he's going to be able to pull it off. >> tom daschle, thanks so much. great to see you. thanks for being with us today. coming up next, hollywood and heroes. a new documentary goes inside a navy s.e.a.l. team, but it's the mission off screen that's stealing the spotlight. ♪ ♪ by the end of december, we'll be delivering ♪ ♪ through 12 blizzards blowing ♪ 8 front yards blinding ♪ 6 snowballs flying ♪ 5 packages addressed by toddlers ♪ ♪ that's a q ♪ 4 lightning bolts ♪ 3 creepy gnomes ♪ 2 angry geese ♪ and a giant blow-up snowman ♪ that kind of freaks me out [ beep ] [ female announcer ] no one delivers the holidays like the u.s. postal service. priority mail flat rate is more reliable than ever. and with i
or election, i should say. i can't recall a time that it's ever worked. i think going back in history, there was only one senator who actually served if not two, maybe even three states, but that's so rare. so he's defying the odds if he attempts to do this and frankly i don't think he's going to be able to pull it off. >> tom daschle, thanks so much. great to see you. thanks for being with us today. coming up next, hollywood and heroes. a new documentary goes inside a navy s.e.a.l. team,...
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you can't have a national election like, you know, our presidential elections where some states obey some rules and other states obey others. right now we have the electoral college and it's basically in almost all states it's winner take all. but if you cherry pick states and if you only -- again, if you're republicans only cherry picking the blue states, only cherry picking the democratic states, then you have two different sets of rules, where if you're a red state and the republican wins in the red state, he gets all the electoral votes. in a blue state, though, we divide them proportionately according to the percentage of the vote, under this california scheme. that clearly disadvantages one party over the other. >> let me put that to you, jamelle. it can work for both sides though, no? >> i think if every state went to some port of proportional distribution scheme not by congressional district, it is just inherently unfair, but by vote share, it would work fine. you could even have -- the national popular vote initiative, the way it's supposed to work, is that whoever receives
you can't have a national election like, you know, our presidential elections where some states obey some rules and other states obey others. right now we have the electoral college and it's basically in almost all states it's winner take all. but if you cherry pick states and if you only -- again, if you're republicans only cherry picking the blue states, only cherry picking the democratic states, then you have two different sets of rules, where if you're a red state and the republican wins in...
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this probably helps them get re-elected in some of these districts. i don't see that dynamic that's coming in. a month ago or so we were talking about how the republican party was in tatters after the shutdown. i think that was probably hyperbole in the same way healthcare.gov was going to end the obama presidency. >> i don't know if this is devil's advocate or heavy-handed liberalism. the notion that people now have a personal tangible experience with the health care law, which is to say their children are 26 and kept in the law, lifetime limits, cheaper premiums. in some cases they don't have cheaper premiums. being a woman, you don't have to be punished for it under the health care law. there are many ways women are repressed by republican all over the country. the point is karl rove was on fox saying the president repeated the things we've heard for months as to the benefits of the system. you get to keep your child on your insurance until age 26 and so on and so forth. it hasn't helped to a great degree. it's as if he's clearly trying to diminish
this probably helps them get re-elected in some of these districts. i don't see that dynamic that's coming in. a month ago or so we were talking about how the republican party was in tatters after the shutdown. i think that was probably hyperbole in the same way healthcare.gov was going to end the obama presidency. >> i don't know if this is devil's advocate or heavy-handed liberalism. the notion that people now have a personal tangible experience with the health care law, which is to say...
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to vote, it was through that election that president nelson mandela was elected at the age of 75 years old. we see parallels in this country not only in the jim crow south in this country but also right now as republicans across the country and in the state of ohio are trying to turn back the hands of time when it comes to giving access to the voters, to the ballot box. it is the one place, ed, where all of us are equal. and we have a moral obligation to stand up for everybody's right to vote. it is shameful what is happening in this state and across this country at the hands of the gop. >> this is socially engineering the vote. that's how i view it. are these bills a direct attack on democratic voters? >> not just democratic voters, ed. i think in some ways all voters. but the targets are certainly young people. the targets are elderly people. the targets are poor people. because those are the groups that will have the greatest hurdles to summount. in 2004 in ohio the lines were so long, it was very reminiscent of what happened in florida in 2012. people had to wait in urban areas for
to vote, it was through that election that president nelson mandela was elected at the age of 75 years old. we see parallels in this country not only in the jim crow south in this country but also right now as republicans across the country and in the state of ohio are trying to turn back the hands of time when it comes to giving access to the voters, to the ballot box. it is the one place, ed, where all of us are equal. and we have a moral obligation to stand up for everybody's right to vote....
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he was re-elected. he won re-election. and yet still republicans refuse to accept that it is the law of the land and continued to try to vote to repeal it. there is just -- they don't think that this president and it's a winning argument with their base, deserves and is legitimate to hold the office. >> krystal makes a good point. it does really feel, james, like the supposed district dictatorial activity, what he has done, has been to sign bills, right, that republicans don't like. >> right. >> to -- exist, basically. they don't want him to -- just performing the normal functions of president are seen as dictatorial. appointing judges to the d.c. circuit. which all presidents do. so the idea that when he tries to do things that presidents ordinary do, he is seen as a dick da dictator what is that about? >> there are a lot of things. some of it, sadly, is about race. some of that is about the sort of way our political processes have atrophied. partisanship doesn't exist in the same vein. there is no compromise. can i just
he was re-elected. he won re-election. and yet still republicans refuse to accept that it is the law of the land and continued to try to vote to repeal it. there is just -- they don't think that this president and it's a winning argument with their base, deserves and is legitimate to hold the office. >> krystal makes a good point. it does really feel, james, like the supposed district dictatorial activity, what he has done, has been to sign bills, right, that republicans don't like....
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, nelson mandela was overwhelming elected to the presidency. he was battling a respiratory infection since early june. a remarkable man and a remarkable life and a model of stick-to-itiveness and never give up. a man of tremendous heart and compassion. dead this night at the age of 95. joining me tonight for our coverage on the passing of nelson mandela and joy reed of the grio and also with us tonight, dr. james peterson of lehigh university. i will start with you. a remarkable man. a life that is a true treasure to humanity. >> he is a star across all lines. >> you cannot compartmentalize him to a politician or a founting of south africa. here's a man who fought the hate and the bigotry and the institutional apartheid of a nation without internalizing it. he was able to reconcile a nation and move it forward and revolutionize it nonviolently, without firing one bullet. i was an election observer in 19 nor in johansburg the night they lowered the flag of apartheid. we met with him many times and to see this transition happen, he nonviolently p
, nelson mandela was overwhelming elected to the presidency. he was battling a respiratory infection since early june. a remarkable man and a remarkable life and a model of stick-to-itiveness and never give up. a man of tremendous heart and compassion. dead this night at the age of 95. joining me tonight for our coverage on the passing of nelson mandela and joy reed of the grio and also with us tonight, dr. james peterson of lehigh university. i will start with you. a remarkable man. a life...
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let's remember, he won the 2012 election by over 5 million votes. but now they're back to that waterloo moment. look. there's no question the president is in a tough spot politically. and no question there have been problems, even he acknowledges it. >> if you remember, i've gone up and down pretty consistently throughout. the good thing about when you're down is that usually you've got nowhere to go but up. >> he's got nowhere to go but up. i wouldn't count him out. the right has been saying president obama and his health law are dead for weeks. months, years. but guess what. both are still here. today the national journal writes about president obama's resilience. can obama recover? he did already. joining me now is the reporter with that story, national journal political correspondent alex sikes wald and james peterson, professor at lehigh university. thank you for being here. alex, your piece is about the president recovering. tell us what you noticed. >> if i had a dollar for every time somebody said obama or obama care is doomed, i could pay f
let's remember, he won the 2012 election by over 5 million votes. but now they're back to that waterloo moment. look. there's no question the president is in a tough spot politically. and no question there have been problems, even he acknowledges it. >> if you remember, i've gone up and down pretty consistently throughout. the good thing about when you're down is that usually you've got nowhere to go but up. >> he's got nowhere to go but up. i wouldn't count him out. the right has...
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and on the 27th of april, 1994 he was elected the new president of south africa in the first election ever held in that country where all adult citizens were welcome to vote regardless of race. millions of people waited in line to vote, in voting that took three days. and april 27 is now a national holiday in south africa. it's called freedom day. and when it came time to sign the new constitution for south africa which eliminated all vestiges of ha by race, president nelson mandela went to sharpville to sign it. he died today at his home. it was his wish to be buried in the town he was born. joining us now congressman lewis. thank you for being with us tonight on this historic day. >> thank you very much for having me. and thank you for that rich history telling the story, what happened and how it happened. it is very moving. >> i have to ask. after your long career, especially as a young man in the south and the american civil rights movement, how did nelson mandela's work form your own? what's been the interplay between our civil rights movement and his struggle? >> the commitment,
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he survived the poisoning but later lost the election. or at least it seemed like he did before his supporters took to to the streets. day after day they marched on this square saying the election was rigged and they wore orange scarves and flags because org was his campaign color. in the end they wochbl it forced a new presidential election and when the votes were counted, it turns out the poisoned guy won. that was known as the orange revolution because of the sea of orange-clad protesters that filled the streets in ukraine. that was 2004. the guy who was ultimately declared the winner of the election, the poisoned guy. he was a pro--western politician. running against anti-western guy. an ally of vladimir putten pushing for closer ties with russia. the pro putin guy has managed to become president of the ukraine and now the pendulum is swinging back and rather fast. this is fascinating. last month, the pro--putin guy, the president of ukraine now, decided to reject an agreement that would have brought his country closer to the european
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of 125 voter election the way we did in 2012. it's some of those missing voters, if they go you know what, i've had with with these republicans. i'm going to vote in the mid terms out of my own self interest, whether it's immigration, minimum wage, what have you. they really could have a problem. they've got to develop a positive agenda for themselves. the same time, the democrats will have a problem if they can't figure out how to nationalize 2014. in the past, they've run for cover in mid terms. >> right. >> every man and woman for himself or herself. >> they don't seem to be doing that now, though. >> national referendum on these issues. if they do, they have an outside chance of getting the house back. >> okay. well thank you so much, jonathan altar. and michael steele. we appreciate both of you. >> thanks. >>> and we are waiting for -- we are awaiting a press conference with the ntsb on the deadly metro north train derailment the, which is beginning right now. let's take a listen to what they are saying. >> this is prelimina
of 125 voter election the way we did in 2012. it's some of those missing voters, if they go you know what, i've had with with these republicans. i'm going to vote in the mid terms out of my own self interest, whether it's immigration, minimum wage, what have you. they really could have a problem. they've got to develop a positive agenda for themselves. the same time, the democrats will have a problem if they can't figure out how to nationalize 2014. in the past, they've run for cover in mid...
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because we'll be right in the middle of july, midterm elections. i can't think of any event that will draw that many african-americans as well as african-american females right in the middle of the midterm elections. >> and we're especially excited, because the first weekend in july 50 years ago was when the civil rights act of 1964 was signed. >> wow. >> and so we will be back the first week in july 50 years later, and we will recommit ourselves to that purpose of that civil rights opportunity act. so we're excited. >> now, we got it's the 20th anniversary. it's going to be around voting 50 years after the civil rights act. but one thing that is always off the chain is the entertainment. but i said that there's no way you could beat last year because you had beyonce. but you did. we're announcing tonight you have prince next year. >> prince will headline our essence festival for 2014. he was our headliner ten years ago for the tenth anniversary, and he is back. we are honored, excited, and even more emboldened than ever that this will be the bigge
because we'll be right in the middle of july, midterm elections. i can't think of any event that will draw that many african-americans as well as african-american females right in the middle of the midterm elections. >> and we're especially excited, because the first weekend in july 50 years ago was when the civil rights act of 1964 was signed. >> wow. >> and so we will be back the first week in july 50 years later, and we will recommit ourselves to that purpose of that civil...
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that and the stellar job campaigning for the re-election. that does a lot. even more than that, you're not going to have a rift within the african-american community where the leadership is going one way and the base is going the other. that was an issue too. there's not going to be a tug of war. i think because the clintons showed themselves to be loyal enough within the obama project, they will be there. it won't be enough to stop them. >> joy, you're great. i've got to go. thanks so much. >>> up next, the republican national committee seems to think racism ended in this country way back in 1955. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> back to "hardball." time for the sideshow. the republican national committee is back tracking today after saying yesterday that racism has ended in america. in a tweet meant to honor the work of civil rights icon rosa parks, the rnc tweeted out a image of parks with this bungled caption. quote, today we remember rosa parks' bold stand in her role in ending racism. many found this to be inaccurate and offensive. t
that and the stellar job campaigning for the re-election. that does a lot. even more than that, you're not going to have a rift within the african-american community where the leadership is going one way and the base is going the other. that was an issue too. there's not going to be a tug of war. i think because the clintons showed themselves to be loyal enough within the obama project, they will be there. it won't be enough to stop them. >> joy, you're great. i've got to go. thanks so...
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at emily's list, we work to elect pro-choice democratic women and we have made huge gains in the last 20 years. when you see the same graph on the republican side, it's really not very much. we're not going to get to parody. we're not going to get to 50%, unless the republican party starts figuring out, not just how to appeal to women voters, but how to respect women in general. that's how we're going to see more women republicans, which is probably going to be a moderating influence on the party, that will be great for the country. >> nia-malika, women are a small minority in both the house and the senate, a small minority. do you want to take a stab at explaining to the world why only 25% of women republicans think that women should be anything more than a small minority in the house and in the senate? >> yeah, you know, i don't know pip mean, you've got this situation now where you have the year of the woman in many ways, in the senate, and the house, so i don't know. i don't know if these are just, you know, those sort of traditional conservative values that some republican women
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first of all, it was not you a assured that mandela would be elected. beyond that, there was no certainty that he would be able to reunite and reconcile the country and after he won the election he made great strides towards doing but i do want to say, the remarkable thing about nelson mandela, he never claimed to be a saint. what made him the larger than life hero was his vulnerability, his weaknesses, the fact that he had done things that he wished he had not done. that made him all the more human. let's have no mistake that there was, there is no greater leader in the last half of the 20th century and first half of the 21st century than nelson mandela. >> thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> always a pleasure. >>> we'll be right back. let love shine. dazzling diamond gifts she'll adore starting at 199. zales is the diamond store. bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portf
first of all, it was not you a assured that mandela would be elected. beyond that, there was no certainty that he would be able to reunite and reconcile the country and after he won the election he made great strides towards doing but i do want to say, the remarkable thing about nelson mandela, he never claimed to be a saint. what made him the larger than life hero was his vulnerability, his weaknesses, the fact that he had done things that he wished he had not done. that made him all the more...
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i would say in the recent election in the governor's race in virginia, you did see turnout that didn't appreciably drop in terms of the percentage of the electorate that was made up by certain segments of that population that you would normally see in a non-presidential election. so i definitely think there is some hope for that and there's certainly some evidence for that. it's clear that that is going to have to happen in order to see change in a government that might well be determined because of redistricting and the real estate of the political environment as much as anything else. >> yeah. david corn, he was very careful to say the people that don't necessarily show up meaning minorities and young people. there he was talking to a young people's crowd to project to a larger number of people using that audience. did you hear -- because the only implication could be. or he still hopes to get a governoring majority in both houses where he's able to get things done. like immigration, like a lot of things in implementing fully obama care? >> to me there's an interesting thing here of
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and what will be the impact of obama care on the 2014 elections, and even perhaps the 2016 presidential race? >>> plus, an historic week for pope francis with his first major statement, attacking what he calls, quote, the idolatry of money. what continues is a whirlwind change for the vatican. i'll go one on one with cardinal timothy dolan of new york. he is one of the leading cardinals in america. he talks about why the church has turned against obama care and why the church has been outmarketed on gay marriage. >>> nbc correspondent harry smith with the story of the survivor of the boston marathon bombing. he represents the true meaning of boston strong. i'm david gregory onand this is "meet the press" on sunday, december 1st. >>> good sunday morning. a big weekend for the future of president obama's landmark health care legislation, two months to the day since the troubled launch of heal healthcare.gov, they put out a report this morning saying they're making dramatic progress and the team is meeting with private sector velocity and effectiveness. that's how the website apparently is
and what will be the impact of obama care on the 2014 elections, and even perhaps the 2016 presidential race? >>> plus, an historic week for pope francis with his first major statement, attacking what he calls, quote, the idolatry of money. what continues is a whirlwind change for the vatican. i'll go one on one with cardinal timothy dolan of new york. he is one of the leading cardinals in america. he talks about why the church has turned against obama care and why the church has been...
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he announced that he will not be running for re-election. >>> well, a full court press. at 2:30 this afternoon, the president goes all in with a december pr push to promote healthcare.gov and congressional underachievers. congress is about to go down as the least productive in our history. those are the topics for our agenda panel. suzy khimm is a national correspondent for msnbc, ron reagan is an msnbc analyst and steve benen is a contributor and producer for the rachel maddow show. i like this. suzy, the administration is feeling certainly confident enough to sell now to the public. is this going to be enough to combat the perception issues and the problems that they had initially with the rollout? >> so basically the obama administration is transitioning from this period in which it's trying to get the technical side of things to working to actually selling the law itself, which at this point is still a major task. the law is definitely going to disrupt health insurance in both positive ways and for some, some negative ways. so basically the administration is basicall
he announced that he will not be running for re-election. >>> well, a full court press. at 2:30 this afternoon, the president goes all in with a december pr push to promote healthcare.gov and congressional underachievers. congress is about to go down as the least productive in our history. those are the topics for our agenda panel. suzy khimm is a national correspondent for msnbc, ron reagan is an msnbc analyst and steve benen is a contributor and producer for the rachel maddow show. i...
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the republicans pulling ahead in 2010 and the democrats making a comeback in this area in the 2012 election. so with me now to talk about this i've got dante ginny, director of the american communities project at american university and co-author of our patchwork major leagues nation and richard flores himself, co d co-editor and founder at large of the atlantic. dante, you've been breaking this up for quite some time. we talked about patrick nation and the different things you've done but the basic split in the suburbs, is it moving in one direction or really now is there sort soft some stability in this swing vote area? >> i think it depends. you laid it out well in the introduction. there's a split that really exists where the suburbs end and the excerpts begin. if you look at the way we break it down with the american communities project today, we have a type of county called these urban suburbs and they are definitely getting poorer in -- >> urban suburbs. here in washington, d.c., that would be arlington, montgomery county, lake county. >> no. lake actually i think falls into the exce
the republicans pulling ahead in 2010 and the democrats making a comeback in this area in the 2012 election. so with me now to talk about this i've got dante ginny, director of the american communities project at american university and co-author of our patchwork major leagues nation and richard flores himself, co d co-editor and founder at large of the atlantic. dante, you've been breaking this up for quite some time. we talked about patrick nation and the different things you've done but the...